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{{Infobox BAVGA
{{Infobox British Academy video games awards
| name = 4th British Academy Video Games Awards
| name = 4th British Academy Games Awards
| image = Bafta Video.jpg
| image =
| date = 23 October 2007
| image_size = 300px
| site = [[Battersea Park#Current features in the park|Battersea Evolution]]
| caption =
| host = [[Vic Reeves]]
| date = 23 October 2007
| best_game = ''[[BioShock]]''
| site = [[Battersea Park#Current features in the park|Battersea Evolution]]
| host = [[Vic Reeves]]
| most_wins = ''[[Wii Sports]]'' (6)
| most_nominations = ''Wii Sports'' (7)
| best_game =
| producer =
| last = 3rd
| director =
| next = 5th
| best_game = ''[[BioShock]]''
| most_wins = ''[[Wii Sports]]'' (6)
| most_nominations = ''[[Wii Sports]]'' (7)
| last = 3rd British Academy Video Games Awards
| next = 5th British Academy Video Games Awards
}}
}}
The '''4th British Academy Video Games Awards''' (known for the purposes of sponsorship as '''British Academy Video Games Awards in Association with [[PC World (retailer)|PC World]]'''), awarded by the [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]], was an [[award ceremony]] held on 23 October 2007 in [[Battersea Park#Current features in the park|Battersea Evolution]]. The ceremony honoured achievement in [[2007 in video games|video gaming in 2007]] for games which were released between 6 October 2006 and 5 October 2007 and was hosted by [[Vic Reeves]]<ref name="Vic">{{cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/video-games/the-british-academy-video-games-awards-in-2007,207,BA.html|title=The British Academy Video Games Awards in 2007|date=2009-10-24|publisher=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]]|language=English|accessdate=2009-03-12}}</ref>. ''[[Wii Sports]]'' led with most nominations with seven, winning six. ''[[BioShock]]'' took the main prize of Game of the Year.


The '''4th British Academy Video Games Awards''' (known for the purposes of sponsorship as '''British Academy Video Games Awards in Association with [[PC World (retailer)|PC World]]'''), awarded by the [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]], was an [[award ceremony]] held on 23 October 2007 in [[Battersea Park#Current features in the park|Battersea Evolution]]. The ceremony honoured achievement in [[2007 in video games|2007]] for games which were released between 6 October 2006 and 5 October 2007 and was hosted by [[Vic Reeves]]. ''Wii Sports'' led with the most nominations with seven. ''Wii Sports'' was the major winner on the night, taking six of the seven awards available, equaling the record ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]'' (2003) and ''[[Half-Life 2]]'' (2004) had with the most awards won in any BAFTA Video Games Awards ceremony. ''[[BioShock]]'' took the main prize of Best Game.
==Timeline==
Nominations were open until 6 July 2007 (later extended to 17 July)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bavga.co.uk//EnteraGame.aspx|title=Enter Your Game|date=2007-07-17|publisher=bavga.co.uk|language=English|accessdate=2009-03-12}}</ref> for any games released from 6 October 2007 and games which would be released before the end of the year. Once nominations closed, the games nominated by either their publisher or developer were considered by the [[BAFTA]] voters for games (a list of people including BAFTA's games members, industry practitioners and gaming journalists).<ref name="Judge">{{cite web|url=http://www.bavga.co.uk//TheJudgingProcess.aspx|title=The Judging Process|publisher=bavga.co.uk|language=English|accessdate=2009-03-12}}</ref> [[BAFTA]] then short-listed the games with most votes in each category, the short-lists were considered by juries of between seven and nine members of industry experts without connection to the games nominated.<ref name="Judge" /> These juries than decided on nominations and the winners. The nominations were announced on 25 September 2007.<ref name="Noms">{{cite web|url=http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6179820.html?tag=result;title;1|title=BAFTA announces Video Games Awards nominations|last=Jenner|first=Laura|date=2007-09-25|publisher=GameSpot UK|language=English|accessdate=2009-03-12}}</ref>


==Award categories==
==Winners and nominees==
Winners are shown first in '''bold'''.
For the 2007 awards, the number of categories was reduced to 15 from 17,<ref name="winners">{{cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/video-games/video-game-awards-nominations,99,BA.html|title=Video Games Awards Winners 2007|date=2007-10-01 (Updated 2007-10-24)|publisher=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]]|language=English|accessdate=2009-03-12}}</ref> although it was initially reported incorrectly that there would only be 13.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6172871.html?tag=result;title;8|title=BAFTA Game Nominations Open|last=Boyes|first=Emma|date=2007-06-21|publisher=GameSpot UK|language=English|accessdate=2009-03-12}}</ref>
{| class=wikitable
| valign="top" width="50%" |
{{Award category|#EEDD82|Action and Adventure (Sponsored by [[PC World]])}}
*'''''[[Crackdown (video game)|Crackdown]]'' – [[Realtime Worlds]]/[[Microsoft Game Studios]]'''
**''[[Gears of War (video game)|Gears of War]]'' – [[Epic Games]]/Microsoft Game Studios
**''[[God of War II]]'' – [[Santa Monica Studio]]/[[Sony Computer Entertainment]]
**''[[The Orange Box]]'' – [[Valve Corporation|Valve]]/Valve
**''[[Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction|Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction]]'' – [[Insomniac Games]]/Sony Computer Entertainment
**''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]'' – [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development#Software Development Group No. 3|Nintendo EAD]]/[[Nintendo]]
| valign="top" |
{{Award category|#EEDD82|Sports}}
*'''''[[Wii Sports]]'' – [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development|Nintendo EAD]]/[[Nintendo]]'''
**''[[Colin McRae: Dirt]]'' – [[Codemasters]]/Codemasters
**''[[Football Manager 2008]]'' – [[Sports Interactive]]/[[Sega]]
**''[[FIFA 08]]'' – [[EA Canada]]/[[EA Sports]]
**''[[MotorStorm (video game)|MotorStorm]]'' – [[Evolution Studios]]/[[Sony Computer Entertainment]]
**''[[Virtua Tennis 3]]'' – Sega and [[Sumo Digital]]/Sega
|-
| valign="top" width="50%" |
{{Award category|#EEDD82|Artistic Achievement}}
*'''''[[Ōkami]]'' – [[Clover Studio]]/[[Capcom]]'''
**''[[BioShock]]'' – [[Irrational Games|2K Boston]] and [[2K Australia]]/[[2K Games]]
**''[[Heavenly Sword]]'' – [[Ninja Theory]]/[[Sony Computer Entertainment]]
**''[[Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction|Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction]]'' – [[Insomniac Games]]/Sony Computer Entertainment
**''[[Skate (2007 video game)|Skate]]'' – [[EA Black Box]]/[[Electronic Arts]]
**''[[Viva Piñata (video game)|Viva Piñata]]'' – [[Rare (company)|Rare]]/[[Microsoft Game Studios]]
| valign="top" |
{{Award category|#EEDD82|Story and Character}}
*'''''[[God of War II]]'' – Cory Barlog, James Barlog and [[Marianne Krawczyk]], [[Santa Monica Studio]]/[[Sony Computer Entertainment]]'''
**''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'' – [[Daisuke Watanabe]], Miwa Shoda and [[Yasumi Matsuno]], [[Square Enix]]/Square Enix
**''[[Heavenly Sword]]'' – Tameem Antoniades, [[Rhianna Pratchett]] and Andrew S. Walsh, [[Ninja Theory]]/Sony Computer Entertainment
**''[[Ōkami]]'' – Hideki Kamiya, [[Clover Studio]]/[[Capcom]]
**''[[The Darkness (video game)|The Darkness]]'' – [[Starbreeze Studios]]/[[2K Games]]
**''[[The Simpsons Game]]'' – [[EA Redwood Shores]]/[[Electronic Arts]]
|-
| valign="top" width="50%" |
{{Award category|#EEDD82|[[BAFTA Award for Best Game|Best Game]]}}
*'''''[[BioShock]]'' – [[Irrational Games|2K Boston]] and [[2K Australia]]/[[2K Games]]'''
**''[[Crysis (video game)|Crysis]]'' – [[Crytek]]/[[Electronic Arts]]
**''[[Gears of War (video game)|Gears of War]]'' – [[Epic Games]]/[[Microsoft Game Studios]]
**''[[Guitar Hero II]]'' – [[Harmonix]]/[[Activision]]
**''[[Kane & Lynch: Dead Men]]'' – [[IO Interactive]]/[[Eidos Interactive]]
**''[[Wii Sports]]'' – [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development|Nintendo EAD]]/[[Nintendo]]
| valign="top" |
{{Award category|#EEDD82|Strategy and Simulation}}
*'''''[[Wii Sports]]'' – [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development|Nintendo EAD]]/[[Nintendo]]'''
**''[[Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars]]'' – [[EA Los Angeles]]/[[Electronic Arts]]
**''[[Forza Motorsport 2]]'' – [[Turn 10 Studios]]/[[Microsoft Game Studios]]
**''[[Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms]]'' – [[Creative Assembly]]/[[Sega]]
**''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas]]'' – [[Ubisoft Montreal]]/[[Ubisoft]]
**''[[World in Conflict]]'' – [[Massive Entertainment]]/[[Sierra Entertainment]]
|-
| valign="top" width="50%" |
{{Award category|#EEDD82|Casual}}
*'''''[[Wii Sports]]'' – [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development|Nintendo EAD]]/[[Nintendo]]'''
**''[[Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree|Big Brain Academy for Wii]]'' – [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development|Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development Group No. 4]]/Nintendo
**''[[Cake Mania]]'' – [[Sandlot Games]]/Sandlot Games
**''[[Guitar Hero II]]'' – [[Harmonix]]/[[Activision]]
**''[[More Brain Training]]'' – [[Nintendo SPD]]/Nintendo
**''[[SingStar (PlayStation 3)|SingStar]]'' – [[London Studio]]/[[Sony Computer Entertainment]]
| valign="top" |
{{Award category|#EEDD82|Technical Achievement}}
*'''''[[God of War II]]'' – [[Santa Monica Studio]]/[[Sony Computer Entertainment]]'''
**''[[Crackdown (video game)|Crackdown]]'' – [[Realtime Worlds]]/[[Microsoft Game Studios]]
**''[[Gears of War (video game)|Gears of War]]'' – [[Epic Games]]/Microsoft Game Studios
**''[[MotorStorm (video game)|MotorStorm]]'' – [[Evolution Studios]]/Sony Computer Entertainment
**''[[Ōkami]]'' – [[Clover Studio]]/[[Capcom]]
**''[[Uncharted: Drake's Fortune]]'' – [[Naughty Dog]]/Sony Computer Entertainment
|-
| valign="top" width="50%" |
{{Award category|#EEDD82|Gameplay (sponsored by [[N-Gage (device)|Nokia N-Gage]])}}
*'''''[[Wii Sports]]'' – [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development|Nintendo EAD]]/[[Nintendo]]'''
**''[[Crackdown (video game)|Crackdown]]'' – [[Realtime Worlds]]/[[Microsoft Game Studios]]
**''[[Gears of War (video game)|Gears of War]]'' – [[Epic Games]]/Microsoft Game Studios
**''[[Sega Rally Revo|Sega Rally]]'' – [[Sega Racing Studio]]/[[Sega]]
**''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]'' – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
**''[[Warhawk (2007 video game)|Warhawk]]'' – [[Incognito Entertainment]] and [[Santa Monica Studio]]/Sony Computer Entertainment
| valign="top" |
{{Award category|#EEDD82|Use of Audio}}
*'''''[[Crackdown (video game)|Crackdown]]'' – [[Realtime Worlds]]/[[Microsoft Game Studios]]'''
**''[[Elite Beat Agents]]'' – [[iNiS]]/[[Nintendo]]
**''[[Gears of War (video game)|Gears of War]]'' – [[Epic Games]]/Microsoft Game Studios
**''[[God of War II]]'' – [[Santa Monica Studio]]/[[Sony Computer Entertainment]]
**''[[Guitar Hero II]]'' – [[Harmonix]]/[[Activision]]
**''[[Skate (2007 video game)|Skate]]'' – [[EA Black Box]]/[[Electronic Arts]]
|-
| valign="top" width="50%" |
{{Award category|#EEDD82|Innovation}}
*'''''[[Wii Sports]]'' – [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development|Nintendo EAD]]/[[Nintendo]]'''
**''[[flOw]]'' – [[thatgamecompany]]/[[Sony Computer Entertainment]]
**''[[Ōkami]]'' – [[Clover Studio]]/[[Capcom]]
**''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' – [[Intelligent Systems]] and [[Nintendo SPD]]/Nintendo
**''[[The Eye of Judgment]]'' – [[Japan Studio]]/Sony Computer Entertainment
**''[[Trauma Center: Second Opinion]]'' – [[Atlus]]/Atlus
| valign="top" |
{{Award category|#EEDD82|BAFTA One's to Watch Award (in association with Dare to Be Digital)}}
*'''''[[Ragnarawk]]'' – Voodoo Boogy'''
**''Bear Go Home'' – Phoenix Seed
**''Climbatic''
|-
| valign="top" width="50%" |
{{Award category|#EEDD82|Multiplayer}}
*'''''[[Wii Sports]]'' – [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development|Nintendo EAD]]/[[Nintendo]]'''
**''[[Battlefield 2142]]'' – [[EA DICE]]/[[Electronic Arts]]
**''[[Crackdown (video game)|Crackdown]]'' – [[Realtime Worlds]]/[[Microsoft Game Studios]]
**''[[Guitar Hero II]]'' – [[Harmonix]]/[[Activision]]
**''[[World in Conflict]]'' – [[Massive Entertainment]]/[[Sierra Entertainment]]
**''[[World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade]]'' – [[Blizzard Entertainment]]/Blizzard Entertainment
| valign="top" |
{{Award category|#EEDD82|The PC World Gamers Award (the only award to be voted for by the public)}}
*'''''[[Football Manager 2007]]'' – [[Sports Interactive]]/[[Sega]]'''
**''[[Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training]]'' – [[Nintendo SPD]]/[[Nintendo]]
**''[[FIFA 07]]'' – [[EA Canada]]/[[Electronic Arts]]
**''[[Gears of War (video game)|Gears of War]]'' – [[Epic Games]]/[[Microsoft Game Studios]]
**''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]'' – [[Rockstar Leeds]] and [[Rockstar North]]/[[Rockstar Games]]
**''[[Resistance: Fall of Man]]'' – [[Insomniac Games]]/[[Sony Computer Entertainment]]
**''[[Wii Play]]'' – [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development|Nintendo EAD Group No. 2]]/Nintendo
|-
| valign="top" width="50%" |
{{Award category|#EEDD82|Original Score}}
*'''''[[Ōkami]]'' – Masami Ueda, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Rei Kondoh and [[Akari Groves]], [[Clover Studio]]/[[Capcom]]'''
**''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'' – [[Hitoshi Sakimoto]], [[Hayato Matsuo]] and [[Masaharu Iwata]], [[Square Enix]]/Square Enix
**''[[God of War II]]'' – [[Gerard Marino]], Ron Fish, [[Mike Reagan]] and [[Cris Velasco]], [[Santa Monica Studio]]/[[Sony Computer Entertainment]]
**''[[Lair (video game)|Lair]]'' – [[John Debney]], [[Factor 5]]/Sony Computer Entertainment
**''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]'' – [[Toru Minegishi]], Asuka Ohta, [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development|Nintendo EAD]]/[[Nintendo]]
**''[[Viva Piñata (video game)|Viva Piñata]]'' – [[Grant Kirkhope]], [[Rare (company)|Rare]]/[[Microsoft Game Studios]]
|}

===Academy Fellowship===
* '''[[Will Wright (game designer)|Will Wright]]'''


===Games with multiple nominations and wins===
The categories were: Best Game, Action and Adventure, Artistic Achievement, Casual, Gameplay, Innovation, Original Score, Sports, Strategy and Simulation, Story and Character, Technical Achievement, Use of Audio, Ones to Watch Award, and the Gamers Award (voted for by the public).<ref name="winners" /><ref name="Noms" /> As of the [[5th British Academy Video Games Awards|2008 Ceremony]], ''[[Football Manager 2007]]'' is the only game at a BAVGA ceremony which won the People's Choice award without being nominated for any other award (although its sequel ''[[Football Manager 2008]]'' was).<ref name="pstwinners">{{cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/video-games/nominations|title=Past Winners and Nominees|publisher=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]]|language=English|accessdate=2009-03-12}}</ref>
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==Winners==
====Nominations====
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
{| class="wikitable" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center; background: #f6e39c"
|-
|-
! scope="col" width="55" | Nominations
! '''Category'''
! scope="col" align="center" | Game
! '''Winner'''
! '''Nominations'''
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 7
! Academy Fellowship
| ''[[Will Wright]]''
| ''Wii Sports''
| N/A
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 6
! Action and Adventure
| ''Gears of War''
| ''[[Crackdown]]'' ([[Realtime Worlds]]/[[Microsoft Game Studios]])
| ''[[Gears of War]]'' ([[Epic Games]]/Microsoft Game Studios),<br/>''[[God of War 2]]'' ([[SCE Studios Santa Monica]]/[[Capcom]]{{Ref|a}} & [[Sony Computer Entertainment]]{{Ref|b}})''[[The Orange Box]]'' ([[Valve Corporation]]/[[Electronic Arts]]),<br/>''[[Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction|Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction]]'' ([[SCE Foster City Studio]] & [[Insomniac]]/[[Sony Computer Entertainment Europe]]),<br/>''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]'' ([[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development]]/[[Nintendo]])
|-
|-
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 5
! Artistic Achievement
| ''Crackdown''
| ''[[Ōkami]]'' ([[Clover Studios]]/[[Capcom]])
| ''[[BioShock]]'' ([[2K Boston]]/[[2K Australia]]/[[2KGames]]), ''[[Heavenly Sword]]'' ([[Ninja Theory]]/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe), ''Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction'' (SCE Foster City Studio & Insomniac/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe), ''[[Skate (video game)|Skate]]'' ([[EA Black Box]]/Electronic Arts), ''[[Viva Piñata]]'' ([[Rare]]/Microsoft Game Studios)
|-
|-
| ''God of War II''
! Best Game
| ''[[BioShock]]'' (2K Boston/2K Australia/2KGames)
| ''[[Crysis]]'' ([[Crytek]]/Electronic Arts), ''Gears of War'' (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios), ''[[Guitar Hero II]]'' ([[Harmonix]]/[[Activision]]/[[Red Octane]]), ''[[Kane & Lynch: Dead Men]]'' ([[Eidos]]/Eidos), ''[[Wii Sports]]'' (Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development/Nintendo)
|-
|-
| ''Ōkami''
! Casual
| ''Wii Sports'' (Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development/Nintendo)
| ''[[Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree|Big Brain Academy For Wii]]'' (Nintendo/Nintendo), ''[[Cake Mania]]'' ([[Digital Embryo]]/[[Sandlot Games]]/[[Majesco]]), ''Guitar Hero II'' (Harmonix/Activision/Red Octane), ''[[More Brain Training]]'' (Nintendo/Nintendo), ''[[SingStar (PlayStation 3)|SingStar]]'' ([[SCE London Studio]]/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 4
! Gameplay
| ''Guitar Hero II''
| ''Wii Sports'' (Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development/Nintendo)
| ''Crackdown'' (Realtime Worlds/Microsoft Game Studios), ''Gears of War'' (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios), ''[[Sega Rally Revo|Sega Rally]]'' ([[SEGA Racing Studio]]/[[SEGA]]), ''The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess'' (Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development/Nintendo), ''[[Warhawk (2007 video game)|Warhawk]]'' ([[Incognito]]/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 3
! Innovation
| ''The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess''
| ''Wii Sports'' (Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development/Nintendo)
| ''[[flOw]]'' ([[SCE Santa Monica Studio]]/[[Thatgamecompany]]/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe), ''Ōkami'' (Clover Studios/Capcom), ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' ([[Intelligent Systems]]/Nintendo), ''[[The Eye of Judgment]]'' ([[SCE Japan Studio]]/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe), ''[[Trauma Center: Second Opinion]]'' ([[Atlus USA]]/Nintendo)
|-
|-
| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center" | 2
! Multiplayer
| ''BioShock''
| ''Wii Sports'' (Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development/Nintendo)
| ''[[Battlefield 2142]]'' ([[EA Dice]]/Electronic Arts), ''Crackdown'' (Realtime Worlds/Microsoft Game Studios), ''Guitar Hero II'' (Harmonix/Activision/Red Octane), ''[[World in Conflict]]'' ([[Massive Entertainment]]/[[Sierra Entertainment]]/[[Vivendi Games]]), ''[[World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade]]'' ([[Blizzard Entertainment]]/Blizzard Entertainment)
|-
|-
| ''Final Fantasy XII''
! Original Score
| ''Ōkami'' (Clover Studios/Capcom)
| ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'' ([[Final Fantasy XII Project Team]]/[[Square Enix]]), ''God of War 2'' (SCE Studios Santa Monica/Capcom{{Ref|a}} & Sony Computer Entertainment{{Ref|b}}), ''[[Lair (video game)|Lair]]'' ([[SCE Foster City Studio]] & [[Factor 5]]/[[Sony Computer Entertainment America]]), ''The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess'' (Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development/Nintendo), ''Viva Piñata'' (Rare/Microsoft Game Studios)
|-
|-
| ''Heavenly Sword''
! Sports
| ''Wii Sports'' (Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development/Nintendo)
| ''[[Colin McRae: Dirt]]'' ([[Codemasters]]/Codemasters), ''[[Football Manager 2008]]'' ([[Sports Interactive]]/[[SEGA]]), ''[[FIFA 08]]'' ([[EA Chicago]]/Electronic Arts), ''[[MotorStorm]]'' ([[SCE External Development Studio]] & [[Evolution]]/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe), ''[[Virtua Tennis 3]]'' ([[Sumo Digital]]/SEGA)
|-
|-
| ''MotorStorm''
! Strategy and Simulation
| ''Wii Sports'' (Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development/Nintendo)
| ''[[Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars]]'' ([[Electronic Arts LA]]/Electronic Arts), ''[[Forza Motorsport 2]]'' ([[Turn 10]]/Microsoft Game Studios), ''[[Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms]]'' ([[The Creative Assembly]]/SEGA), ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas]]'' ([[Ubisoft Studios Montreal]]/[[Ubisoft Entertainment]]), ''World in Conflict'' (Massive Entertainment/Sierra Entertainment/Vivendi Games)
|-
|-
| ''Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction''
! Story and Character
| ''God of War 2'' (SCE Studios Santa Monica/Capcom{{Ref|a}} & Sony Computer Entertainment{{Ref|b}})
| ''Final Fantasy XII'' (Final Fantasy XII Project Team/Square Enix), ''Heavenly Sword'' (Ninja Theory/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe), ''Ōkami'' (Clover Studios/Capcom), ''[[The Darkness (video game)|The Darkness]]'' ([[Starbreeze Studios]]/2K Games), ''[[The Simpsons Game]]'' ([[EA]]/Electronic Arts)
|-
|-
| ''Skate''
! Technical Achievement
| ''God of War 2'' (SCE Studios Santa Monica/Capcom{{Ref|a}} & Sony Computer Entertainment{{Ref|b}})
| ''Crackdown'' (Realtime Worlds/Microsoft Game Studios), ''Gears of War'' (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios), ''MotorStorm'' (SCE External Development Studio & Evolution/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe), ''Ōkami'' (Clover Studios/Capcom), ''[[Uncharted: Drake's Fortune]]'' ([[Naughty Dog]]/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
|-
|-
| ''World in Conflict''
! Use of Audio
|}
| ''[[Crackdown]]'' (Realtime Worlds/Microsoft Game Studios)
{{Col-2-of-2}}
| ''[[Elite Beat Agents]]'' ([[iNiS]]/Nintendo), ''Gears of War'' (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios), ''God of War 2'' (SCE Studios Santa Monica/Capcom{{Ref|a}} & Sony Computer Entertainment{{Ref|b}}), ''Guitar Hero II'' (Harmonix/Activision/Red Octane), ''Skate'' (EA Black Box/Electronic Arts),

====Wins====
{| class="wikitable" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center; background: #f6e39c"
|-
|-
! width="55" | Awards
! BAFTA Ones to Watch
! align="center" | Game
| ''[[Ragnarawk]]'' (Voodoo Boogie)
| ''Bear Go Home'' (Phoenix Seed), ''Climbatic'' (Carebox)
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 6
! The PC World Gamers Award (People's Choice)
| ''Wii Sports''
| ''[[Football Manager 2007]]'' (Sports Interactive/SEGA)
|-
| ''[[Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training]]'' (Nintendo/Nintendo), ''[[FIFA 07]]'' (EA Canada/Electronic Arts), ''Gears of War'' (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios), ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]'' ([[Rockstar Leeds]]/[[Take Two]]), ''[[Resistance: Fall of Man]]'' (Insomniac/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe), ''[[Wii Play]]'' (Nintendo/Nintendo)
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 2
| ''Crackdown''
|-
| ''God of War II''
|-
| ''Ōkami''
|}
|}
{{Col-end}}
<small>1 {{Note|a}} in [[Japan]]</small><br/>
<small>2 {{Note|b}} in all other regions</small>


* Two separate franchises (the ''[[FIFA (series)|FIFA]]'' and ''[[Football Manager]]'' series) garnered more than one nomination (with one each for ''[[FIFA 07]]'', ''[[FIFA 08]]'' ''[[Football Manager 2007]]'' (winner of PC World Gamers Award) and ''[[Football Manager 2008]]'').
[[Will Wright (game designer)|Wil Wright]] creator of the games series ''[[The Sims (series)|The Sims]]'' was awarded the [[BAFTA Academy Fellowship|BAFTA Fellowship]], the first person from the field of [[video games]] to be awarded the honour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6180968.html?tag=result;title;7|title=Will Wright gets BAFTA fellowship|last=Boyes|first=Emma|date=2007-10-15|publisher=GameSpot UK|language=English|accessdate=2009-03-12}}</ref>


==External links==
Notably, the only [[History of video game consoles (seventh generation)|7th Generation]] games console not to have a game on its system to win an award was the [[Playstation 3]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7058670.stm|title=Wii Sports dominates Bafta awards|date=2007-10-23|publisher=[[BBC News]]|Technology|language=English|accessdate=2009-03-12}}</ref> an indicator of the [[Playstation 3#Reception|early unpopularity]] of the games available.
*[http://awards.bafta.org/award/2007/games? 4th BAFTA Video Games Awards page]
<ref name="GSwinners">{{cite web|url=http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6181514.html?tag=result;title;9|title=BioShock, Wii Sports top BAFTAs|date=2007-10-24|publisher=GameSpot UK|language=English|accessdate=2009-03-12}}</ref>

==Multiple nominations and wins==
===Nominations===
* '''7 Nominations''' ''[[Wii Sports]]''
* '''6 Nominations''' ''[[Gears of War]]''
* '''5 Nominations''' ''Crackdown, God of War 2, Ōkami''
* '''4 Nominations''' ''[[Guitar Hero II]]''
* '''3 Nominations''' ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]''
* '''2 Nominations''' ''BioShock, [[Final Fantasy XII]], [[Heavenly Sword]], [[MotorStorm]], [[Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction|Ratchet & Clank : Tools of Destruction]], [[Skate (video game)]] [[World in Conflict]]''

Two separate franchises (the ''[[FIFA (series)|FIFA]]'' and ''[[Football Manager]]'' series) garnered more than one nomination (with one each for ''[[FIFA 07]]'', ''[[FIFA 08]]'' ''[[Football Manager 2007]]'' (winner of PC World Gamers Award) and ''[[Football Manager 2008]]''

===Winners===
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* '''6 Wins''' ''Wii Sports''
* '''2 Wins''' ''Crackdown, God of War 2 and Ōkami''
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.bavga.co.uk/ BAVGA Homepage (2007)]
* [http://www.bafta.org/awards/video-games/ BAFTA Video Game Awards Main Page]
* [http://www.bafta.org/ BAFTA Homepage]


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Latest revision as of 22:52, 3 July 2024

4th British Academy Games Awards
Date23 October 2007
LocationBattersea Evolution
Hosted byVic Reeves
Best GameBioShock
Most awardsWii Sports (6)
Most nominationsWii Sports (7)
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The 4th British Academy Video Games Awards (known for the purposes of sponsorship as British Academy Video Games Awards in Association with PC World), awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, was an award ceremony held on 23 October 2007 in Battersea Evolution. The ceremony honoured achievement in 2007 for games which were released between 6 October 2006 and 5 October 2007 and was hosted by Vic Reeves. Wii Sports led with the most nominations with seven. Wii Sports was the major winner on the night, taking six of the seven awards available, equaling the record Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2003) and Half-Life 2 (2004) had with the most awards won in any BAFTA Video Games Awards ceremony. BioShock took the main prize of Best Game.

Winners and nominees

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Winners are shown first in bold.

Action and Adventure (Sponsored by PC World)
Sports
Artistic Achievement
Story and Character
Strategy and Simulation
Casual
Technical Achievement
Gameplay (sponsored by Nokia N-Gage)
Use of Audio
Innovation
BAFTA One's to Watch Award (in association with Dare to Be Digital)
  • Ragnarawk – Voodoo Boogy
    • Bear Go Home – Phoenix Seed
    • Climbatic
Multiplayer
The PC World Gamers Award (the only award to be voted for by the public)
Original Score

Academy Fellowship

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Games with multiple nominations and wins

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